Good for them

3 juveniles charged with defacing Confederate monument in Montgomery, Alabama - Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com

I may start a legal defense fund.

The WGA’s mistake

Show Tracker : Los Angeles Times : WGA files charges with labor board against AMPTP

The WGA has gone to the National Labor Relations Board claiming that the producers aren’t bargaining in good faith. It’s pretty clear that the producers aren’t bargaining in good faith; they’re doing things like asking the writers to come to the table with concessions and they’ll then discuss other matters, and then turning around and asking for more concessions right away.

However, the NLRB will almost certainly side with the producers, because this is George Bush’s unionbusting NLRB.

The thing is that before the strike the producers offered (I believe) a two-year study into Internet streaming (the key issue) before negotiating. The writers were against this, because it was obviously an attempt to get two years’ profits before paying anything. However, in retrospect it would have been wise to accept the offer. In two years, the NLRB will probably be part of a Democratic administration, and much more likely to be at least neutral.

Well, that really sucks

Pratchett Reveals Alzheimer’s

Cui bono?

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford favors dome at dog track; BJCC officials hope downtown site is chosen- al.com

So, Crazy Larry wants to build the Birmingdome out at the dog track rather than downtown. Gosh, I wonder who that would help?

Birmingham Race Course owner Milton McGregor major landowner near proposed dome site- al.com

Why, it’s politically connected and oft-investigated gambling entrepreneur Milton McGregor! What are the odds?

Also wanting to build at the dog track, to no one’s surprise, is John “Horse Track” Rogers, the state legislator whose fault the dog track (once the horse track in Rogers’s name) largely is. Amazingly, the main road the dog track is located on is John Rogers Drive. If Larry really wants to get on Rogers’ good side, he could always name the stadium the JohnRogersDome.